Snow-plow



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ATTORNEYS.

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LEWIS LAROHAR, OF MARBLE ROOK, IOWA.

sNow-PLow.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,542, dated September 19,1882. Application tiled April 13, 1882. (No model.)

To all Awhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS LARCHAR, of lllarbleRock, Floyd county, Iowa, have invented a new and Improved ASnow-Plow, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This improvement in snow-plows consists `of top, middle Side, and rear side wings in addiltion to the ordinary front Scrapers; also, top

-respondiug parts in all the gures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved snow-plow. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig.3 is a plan ot' the said improved plow inverted, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional elevation.

A represents the main Scrapers of the plow of the common form, Said Scrapers being arranged on any easy incline upward and from the middle point, B, backward, forbeing drivenV 'forward easily into the Snow.

C represents top wings, which I apply at the upper end of the Scrapers A to arrest and throw oi' to the sides the portion of the snow failing to be throwp oft' to the sides by Scrapers A, said Wings being inclined a. little forward from the bottom up for the better eii'ect in arresting the upwardly-flowin g Stream of snow.

D represents the vmiddle side wings, which I apply to the body of the plow in nearly vertical position unde'r or just Y"behind the upper termination of the ScraperA and the outward ends of wings C, to press back into the banks of Snow the portions falling inward from scrapers A and win'gsU.

E represents the sloping chute or roof of the body of the plow, behind the front Scrapers, A, and top wings, C, to discharge any portions fallin g 'behind wings G; and F represents the rear side wings, located at the rear end of the'plow, for the last ei'ort upon the portions remaining after passage ofthe advance Scrapers, and also for removing any portions passed over by the front Scrapers or falling in behind and under them upon the middle portions ofthe track, these wings being continued to a point, G, in the middle of the track through openings H in the vertical guards I, extending below the bottom J of the body ot' the plow.

The wings D are extended up the sides of the plow to the top of the upper ends of Scrapers A, even with the peak ot' topEv; but wings F only extend as high as the eaves, so to speak, of the top E, and above them is a vertical wall, H, extending a little above-the peak ofthe chutes E, and its function iS to guide the snow sliding from the chutes E to the front of the wings F. y

The openings H through the guards I, in advance of the wings F, let out strong currents of wind'induced by the speed of the'plow,` and greatly assistingin the discharge of the Snow by the wings F.

The running-gear of the plow (indicated by the wheels K) is to be protected by the guards I in practice, the said guards being located outside of the same and extending downward even with thebottom ot' the Scrapers and win gs.

It will be seen that bythe aid of these auxiliary wings and Scrapers the Snow `will be more eft'ectually removed than with the ordinary Scraping-plows.

Havin g thus described my in ven tion, I claim as uewand desire to secure by Letters Patent-v substantially as described.

4. The'combination, in a Snow-plow, ot' the front Scrapers, A, top wings, G, top chutes, E, and rear wings, F, substantially as described.

5. The combination, in a Snow-plow, of the front Scrapers, A, top wings, O, side.wings,1), top chutes, E, and rear wings, F, substantially as described.

6. In a snow-plow, the combination of the l 8. The combination of vertical Wall H with ro guards I, the bottom J, the openings H', and top chutes, E, the former being located at the the rear wings, F, extending to point G under the bottom, whereby adraft through the openings H is produced, substantially as herein shown and described.

7. 'lhe combination ot' rear wings, F, vertical wall H, and top chutes, E, in a. snow-plow, substantially asA specified.

rear end oi'said top chutes, substantially as dcscribcd.

LEWIS LARHAR.

fitncssesz J. W. MARTIN, J. B. SHEPARDsoN. 

